Lippmann Coll 156

Translation · reference

Experimental

Source: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472456.

Why it matters

Transliteration

1(asz@c) tukul# si#?-sa2
ur-e2-dam#
lu2-dun-a
ur#-a2
1(asz@c) sanga asz8-gi4
[1(asz@c)?] ha#-zi# gu-la#
lugal#-x-zi#
1(asz@c) ha-zi
urua
e-ne-szum2
iti du6-ku3

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)) — Lippmann Coll 156. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Carl L. Lippmann Collection, Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain (P472456) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P472456..

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